Let’s get something straight: Men are not the victims here. It is a foolish and offensive line of reasoning, so naturally it has caught traction on the political right. Indeed, for some, it is an article of faith as the confirmation of would-be Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh becomes ever more deeply mired in accusations […]
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Local bowling results
Meadow Lanes Men: High Game Scratch — 1. Albert Fournier 223 2. Wayne Doyon 183 3. Stephen Adams 178; Men’s High Series Scratch — 1. Albert Fournier 570 2. Wayne Doyon 508 3. Mike Crandall 483; High Game Handicap — 1. Albert Fournier 242 2. Mike Crandall 219 3. Martin Hamner 215; High Series Handicap […]
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Take a look at Christine Ford
Why are the Democrats so concerned with Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s drinking, but hardly mention Christine Blasey Ford’s drinking the day or night in question? She admitted that she had a beer. Who knows how many she really had. And, at 15 years old, even one beer might give a person that age enough of a […]
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World-famous Harp Twins to perform at 49 Franklin
RUMFORD — The world’s only identical twin professional harpists, the Harp Twins, Camille and Kennerly Kitt, will perform at 49 Franklin’s Mystic Theater at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25. The sisters were trained classically (with university degrees in harp performance), but have a passion and flair for arranging and performing rock, metal and soundtrack music for […]
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Republicans' war on women
Forget for a moment Christine Blasey Ford’s statement. Look, really look, at Brett Kavanaugh — his anger, his entitlement, his drinking, his hot-headed temperament, his frat-boy mentality, his saving calendars from his glory days (yikes). Look at his policies and partisan attitudes. I do not want a lifetime appointment given to an immature man who, […]
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Avoiding an outbreak of HIV infection
DEAR DR. ROACH: My local news outlet here in Saskatchewan published a story on mutated strains of HIV present in my province being a concern to the medical community. As a sexually active adult, but not a user of injectable recreational drugs, what does this mean for me and other citizens in my area? How […]
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Bowdoin College Museum of Art hosts talk about artists and the Civil War
Makeda Best will give a talk,”Imagination Cannot Depict — Historical Consciousness and the Arts of Eyewitness in the Civil War,” at 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Kresge Auditorium. Best, the Richard L. Menschel curator of Photography, Harvard University Art Museums, will speak about artists’ engagement with the American Civil War. This […]
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Kavanaugh a threat to the rights of LGBTQ+ people
Soon, the U.S. Senate will likely vote to either confirm or reject Brett Kavanaugh as the next Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. If Judge Kavanaugh is confirmed, his decisions will have an enormous impact on the lives of marginalized people. I remember exactly where I was when I found out that […]
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Looking Back on Oct. 4
100 Years Ago: 1918 Thirteen hundred front-line packages sit in the Red Cross rooms which must be finished before the last of September. There are base hospital packages, too, which have to be completed if there is time. but they must be done if the chapter is to meet its obligation to the National Red […]
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Charles 'Scott' Honaker
LEWISTON — On Tuesday, Oct. 2, Charles “Scott” Honaker passed away peacefully surrounded by his family. Born Aug. 22, 1940, in Bluefield, W.Va. He was the youngest of five children, born to Garnard and Cleo (Neal) Honaker. He graduated from Bluefield High School in West Virginia in 1958, where he excelled in baseball and football. On […]